A Fatigue Failure Criterion for Fiber Reinforced Materials

Abstract

A simple fatigue failure criterion for unidirectionally fiber reinforced laminae under oscillatory states of combined plane stress has been established. The criterion is expressed in terms of three S-N curves which are easily obtained from fatigue testing of off-axis unidirectional specimens under uniaxial oscillatory load. An extensive series of tests has demonstrated good agreement of the failure criterion with experimental data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0760146

Entities

People

  • Assa Rotem
  • Zvi Hashin

Organizations

  • Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amplitude
  • Carbon Fibers
  • Composite Materials
  • Contracts
  • Elastic Properties
  • Elongation
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fibers
  • Glass Fibers
  • Laminates
  • Load Cells
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanics
  • Scientific Research
  • Security

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials